Letters

Please remember to vote in the primary election on June 13 at your regular precinct. We Democrats are choosing a candidate for governor and a candidate for lieutenant governor.
My choice for governor is Dr. Ralph Northam. He is our present lieutenant governor. As lieutenant governor he is president of the Virginia Senate. He knows our Virginia legislators and has done an excellent job working with Gov. McAuliffe.

Tuesday is the Democratic and Republican primary for Virginia governor. Each voter on entering the polls requests either the Democratic or the Republican ballot.
The two candidates for governor in the Democratic Primary are Tom Perriello and Ralph Northam.
Perriello served in Congress for the 5th Congressional District. Perriello is opposed to fracking and to pipelines, and has refused to take money from Dominion Energy, which backs fracking and pipelines.

On Memorial Day, May 29, my wife and I were dining at a local restaurant in Galax.
Someone very kindly paid for our meals. I want to thank them for their kindness and their thoughts.D.L. Hanks
U.S. Army, retired
Galax

Galax Safe Routes to School would like to thank Galax City Council and administration and staff, Galax City Public Schools administration and board of directors as well as principals, teachers, parents, volunteers and businesses who have supported our walking and bicycle safety program this year.
We extend special appreciation to Ruth Hall State Farm Agency and Skyline National Bank for generous donation of funds to purchase bicycles for our bike rodeos.
We are grateful to Virginia Department of Transportation for funding for the program.

The White House has released its budget plan for the country, and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney proclaims that it is written from the taxpayer’s viewpoint. He believes that taxpayers don’t want their dollars going to people who don’t work, or people who insist on being poor generation after generation.
Mr. Mulvaney, I am a taxpayer and you are not representing my viewpoint.

Pundits are hammering President Trump for his bizarre behavior and his attacks on the Constitution. However, I believe the media is largely giving congressional Republicans a pass by ignoring their dubious involvement in Trump’s agenda. By their actions and sometimes by their silence, they are complicit in Trump’s scorched earth policies.

James Comey’s clumsy handling of the Clinton email investigation won him no friends among Democrats, but they generally recognized that his investigation of Russian meddling in our election had to continue.
They also recognized that his abrasive independence might be critical to finding the truth in the absence of an independent special counsel.
Democrats, and some Republicans, are not angry about Mr. Comey’s firing because they liked him. They are angry because his investigation has been compromised.

In April, the United States Postal Service promoted National Dog Bite Prevention Week. I am writing to ask our customers to extend their efforts and help make this “National Dog Bite Prevention Year.”
Pet owners’ efforts are critical when you consider the number of Postal Service employees attacked by dogs last year reached 6,755 — more than 200 higher than the year before. Within the Galax Post Office, there have been no dog attacks since the beginning of the year.

Strike up the band and release the balloons for the first 100 days of this government.
Before, during and after the election it has embarked on a path of self-destruction.
A war with the news media and federal judges. Fiction is for novels. The truth is real.
The banner this government continues to display is fake news. I’m right, the rest is all wrong and From Russia With Love.